Excerpts from Faith Deployed

For just a taste of what you’ll find in the pages of Faith Deployed, click on the titles below:

No Fear in His Peace
My husband was deployed, and we had recently moved off-base.  A repairman was in my home, and our conversation led into my husband’s work.  For whatever reason, I began to get the creeps.  I thought, This stranger knows too much about us.  I’m not comfortable with the questions I’ve just answered.  I quickly said something to show we were protected, so I blurted out, “Well, our dog really pulls through when he has to.”  There sat my cowardly, golden retriever, leaning into this man’s leg, looking up with adoring eyes.  The man knew it was a lie.   That night as I lay in bed, I listened to all the new creaks and groans of the place and imagined all kinds of horrors which involved this repairman.  I prayed in fear and didn’t sleep well. Read complete devotional.

Asking for Help
The weekly Bible study I hosted in my home was two hours away and my driveway was buried in snow. It needed to be cleared before people arrived. I could just start shoveling, I told myself. But before my husband went underway, he had said, “Remember, if you need anything, the EO [engineering officer] is staying home this time. If it snows, he can plow out the driveway for you.” But I had never asked anyone for help when my husband was at sea before. Read complete devotional.

Complete in Christ
The phone call I had been dreading for four years came suddenly. Saddam Hussein had just invaded Kuwait. My husband had less than twelve hours to pack and get to the departure location for his deployment.  In the early morning hours of August 8, 1990, I heard the squeal of a C5 taking off and knew he was on that plane headed for the other side of the world.  My heart began to sink. I had no idea where he was going or when he’d ever be back.  I was left all by myself to raise our six-year-old son. Read complete devotional. Read complete devotional.

Though My Heart Quakes
I cried myself to sleep last night. My husband has been told to pack, to prepare to return to war.  And yet, I know God is just as much Lord today as He’s been on all my hope-filled days.  He is still Lord on this painful, confusing, fearful day.   His character, His promises to me, His love for me remain unchanged.  Only my circumstances have changed.  Read complete devotional.

Happily Ever After?
In just about every artistic rendering of a soldier’s homecoming, be it a song, a movie or a television commercial, we are left with an emotional high that tells us all is well again. But if military wives assume their reunion with their husbands is a fairytale ending to their separation, disappointment is almost sure to set in. Read complete devotional.